I sign this petition on behalf of those who perished and would want to see the WTC restored, regardless of their demise, whose thoughts on the matter no one seems to take into consideration.
I know they started the new one already, but it would have been much more special to rebuild the twin towers. Would be more symbolic. I still support this.
I was fortunate to go inside the World Trade Center two times in my entire life. Both of those times I was a toddler in a stroller. To this day I always think about symbolism it had on the city, Empire state, Statue of liberty and the Twin towers. I agree with building the towers to make the city, the city again.
Thank you for posting my piece as “The Best Tribute Ever.”
Let’s keep up the efforts to have “the right thing” done to that sacred site. This is predominately OUR issue and it will fall on US to make things happen.
Far too much time has elapsed. It has become an insult to the victims, survivors and families.
I say rebuild the twins not replace, restore the true New York skyline so the next generation can see the towers in place, not how they were destroyed. I wrote a term paper on the mismanagement of the WTC site and I saw how the public had no voice when it came to rebuilding. I think the 9/11 families should speak out against the current construction at next month’s memorial service to tell the politicians how they really feel about the WTC.
I was born and raised in New York and I watched the men build the towers for many years…in the rain, the snow, the heat and when it was cold. My dad was an architect in the Bronx and many times we would go down to the site and watch them…when the towers were completed we found them to be very beautiful. Many times we would view them from the Jersey side especially at night when all the buildings were lit up…Please build them again and lets enjoy them forever…
Rebuild The Twin Towers as they were, a little taller maybe, with much improved safety designs and exits, and a defense system, and bring back our skyline, our spirit, and show we won’t be brought down.
hey guys i am madelyn. this is what i have 2 say…… i think we should rebuild the world trade center/ twin towers just the way they were. we want them 2 stand where they were once stood… tall and stronger……in the world right now we americans and citizens would like our towers standing taller and stronger. it would bring us good and happiness for all of us… if we rebuild the twin towers we will show the terrorists that we are not afraid to fight….. ! we americans would like to have our TWIN TOWERS BACK! we want what we lost 10 years ago on september 11, 2001… thank you…!
I would just like to say that I am very upset the city and state of New York decided to build The Freedom Tower instead of rebuilding The Twin Towers. The Governor and Mayor lied to the American people when they said the people and families of 9/11 victims did not want the Twin Towers to be rebuilt. They lied and they are building on public property something that I do not want at all. I am a New Yorker since I was born in 1978 and I still live in this great city. I was so devastated by September 11th and I am even more devastated and upset the towers were not rebuilt.
ny is strong and will rebuild but the lives lost we will forever remember! the innocent people the men and women who fought for our rights will always be in our hearts and thoughts forever!!! too have soo much love for strangers will be a big part in rebuilding our NY never will we back down to the attackers we will overcome all of it!!!!! we are family
The Freedom tower is absolutely nothing. The Twin Towers made downtown Manhattan into what it is. They made impact like no other tower. If New Yorkers can destroy baseball stadiums and rebuild new ones, the same should go for World Trade Center. Give an opportunity to those who never got a chance to feel the Twin Towers experience.
I was born and raised here in New York City and I am very upset at the decision of The Port Authority and LMDC along with Governor Pataki. It was totally wrong of them to not rebuild the original Twin Towers. I feel it can still be done though. If you notice on the new WTC site, the original footprints are still there. I know they will be memorial pools, but I feel in the future they can always been built on. These are the original foundations of the Twin Towers. If the decision is made to rebuild, can they rebuilt the original towers on these foundations even though they were pools?
The Freedom Tower will not heal the skyline! There is still a hole in my heart after 9/11! We want the Twin Towers rebuilt but stronger than ever! The people originally wanted to Twin Towers rebuilt! Everybody wants those icons back in the skyline the way they were but stronger! The Twin Towers 2 project will give respect and honor those that have died on September 11, 2001! That is the only memorial we can give to the victims and their families!
I was born and raised in Bensonhurst Brooklyn New York, as a child growing up in the early to mid 90s, my father worked in World Trade Tower 1. I would go to work with him and admire my city from 1400ft high. My father sadly passed away from cancer in 2005, I miss him dearly, it would make my dreams come true to relive my greatest memory’s with him, and join him once again in spirit on the new Twin Towers. I hope and pray that in the near future I can be on the observation deck with my father once again.
The Freedom Tower will never represent what the Twin Towers represented for 30 years of its existence! The Twin Towers were a symbol of who were as Americans! The Twin Towers were a symbol of peace and belief in humanity! We need our towers back! The Twin Towers is the only answer and it will bring healing to this country!
Rebuild the Twin Towers! It is the only solution for healing the psychological wounds of 9/11! We need the Twin Towers back! Please rebuild the Twin Towers!
The new Freedom Tower that is being proposed right now is a sign that we have been defeated! The Twin Towers is the only way to show people that we are strong and will not tolerate terrorism and violence in our nation! The Twin Towers made Lower Manhattan what it is today! The Freedom Tower does not match with the skyline at all! Plus it is smaller than the Twin Towers! The Twin Towers should be rebuilt but stronger than it was!
I participated in the circus that resulted in the current plans for Ground Zero, such as the Listening to the City events in which no one listened to anyone. The officials involved have never cared what the people wanted or what was best for this city. We must rebuild the Twin Towers or else our city will always have a glaring hole in its skyline, no matter what else might be put there.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers would be the only way to respect and keep in memory those we lost while still being able to move forward as a nation and people with strength and dignity.
What is currently being built/planned is too worked, aesthetically confusing, uninspired… weak. I’d rather see nothing then have a permanent eye sore on our beautiful skyline and create emotional longing in our hearts. Twin Towers was a deep rooted universally recognized symbol and positive beacon of New York and of America. Replacing it would be telling the world we have given up and retreated.
Rebuild the Twin Towers in honor of those who perished in the 9/11 attacks! The Twin Towers is the only right memorial for the victims and their families! 9/11 will never be forgotten but we must move forward with strength and dignity! Let us rebuild in honor of the past and hope for the future generation!
The Freedom Tower is a big insult to those who died on September 11, 2001. That is total disrespect to the victims and the families! By not rebuilding the Twin Towers, we are saying to ourselves and we are saying to the world that we are cowards! We are cowards because we are afraid of terrorism. We are letting them destroy our way of life by not rebuilding the Twin Towers!
The Twin Towers must return to New York City. Without the Twin Towers New York will never be the same again! 9/11 was the worst and deadliest terrorist attack of all time. We lost alot of innocent people and alot of office space. In order to restore what was lost on September 11, 2001, we must rebuild the original Twin Towers but stronger and better! That is the only memorial that we can give to the victims and their families! Rebuild the Twin Towers! Rest in peace to Minuro Yamasaki! Minor Yamasaki designed the Twin Towers!
As a fellow New Yorker, it pains me to see just how corrupt this government is but we have to keep on going forward!! Rebuild the world trade center!! Investigate 911!!! There’s too many hidden clues that nobody realizes!
The Twin Towers were the most iconic structures ever built. The Twin Towers had an outdoor observation deck on the South Tower and the famous Windows On The World restaurant on the 107th floor of the North Tower. The Freedom Tower will not include any of the things that the Twin Towers had which is really disgraceful. The government and politicians are corrupt, greedy, and selfish. We want the original Twin Towers rebuilt but stronger and safer. REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!!
My feelings now, are as resolute since 9/11. RE/BUILD THE TWIN TOWERS….better, stronger, safer. I cannot imagine a more just, more New York, more American response to the epic devastation we will forever feel, than saying to the world:
“If you knock us down, we will get back up.”
There is a light and the end of this tunnel.
It shines for all to follow.
It is a beacon from within.
A reminder of where we have been.
A glimpse of where we are going.
A journey we are all a part.
Keep moving.
TF Bart
TTA Note: The verse above is part of a 9/11 Memorial design and the link is to the LMDC entry. A great deal of thought, heart, and time clearly went into it. Multiplying that effort by the thousands of entries and then looking at what the “experts” chose is proof-positive that the “Memorial Jury” was not a jury of our peers.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers will mean so much to the 9/11 families. They deserve the best memorial that we can give to them. The best memorial will be to rebuild the Twin Towers designed by Minuro Yamasaki. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
It’s a great thing that Osama Bin Laden is dead but why are we giving him and Al-Qaeda the satisfaction of their victory at the World Trade Center with the “Freedom Tower”? We should rebuild the twin towers to show the terrorists that we can prevail from tragedy and show the world that we are stronger than ever.
Two of the greatest buildings in the world, captured the spirit of New York and I’m forever filled with memories of them in my skyline. However unlikely, let’s bring them back.
The construction workers at ground zero don’t seem to care what the Twin Towers stood for. The memorial reflecting pools that is right beside the Freedom Tower will remind everyone that we as Americans are afraid because of what the terrorists did. We live in fear. We are not a leading country anymore. The Twin Towers should be built but stronger and better.
I get the feeling that the Freedom Tower is going to be capped and not completed. The Freedom Tower cannot continue to be built on lies because most Americans are waiting for new and safer versions of the original Twin Towers created by Minuro Yamasaki. I really hope they cap the Freedom Tower sooner.
I want the Twin Towers rebuilt just like everybody else. It makes me sick to my stomach when I look at ground zero today the way it is. The Twin Towers stood where our civilization began as Americans.
I sign this petition on behalf of those who perished and would want to see the WTC restored, regardless of their demise, whose thoughts on the matter no one seems to take into consideration.
I know they started the new one already, but it would have been much more special to rebuild the twin towers. Would be more symbolic. I still support this.
If it aint broke, dont fix it!
Everyone loved those towers, why not rebuild them?
There should never have been debate, they should have been immediately rebuilt..
WE MUST REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS AS THEY WERE !!!
TO DO LESS WILL BE AN INSULT TO THOSE HEROS WE LOST ON 9/11/01.
I was fortunate to go inside the World Trade Center two times in my entire life. Both of those times I was a toddler in a stroller. To this day I always think about symbolism it had on the city, Empire state, Statue of liberty and the Twin towers. I agree with building the towers to make the city, the city again.
Rebuild! Not replace!
The ONLY solution is to resurrect the towers. I pray it happens.
Thank you for posting my piece as “The Best Tribute Ever.”
Let’s keep up the efforts to have “the right thing” done to that sacred site. This is predominately OUR issue and it will fall on US to make things happen.
Far too much time has elapsed. It has become an insult to the victims, survivors and families.
Bless.
I say rebuild the twins not replace, restore the true New York skyline so the next generation can see the towers in place, not how they were destroyed. I wrote a term paper on the mismanagement of the WTC site and I saw how the public had no voice when it came to rebuilding. I think the 9/11 families should speak out against the current construction at next month’s memorial service to tell the politicians how they really feel about the WTC.
I was born and raised in New York and I watched the men build the towers for many years…in the rain, the snow, the heat and when it was cold. My dad was an architect in the Bronx and many times we would go down to the site and watch them…when the towers were completed we found them to be very beautiful. Many times we would view them from the Jersey side especially at night when all the buildings were lit up…Please build them again and lets enjoy them forever…
If America fails to rebuild the towers then the terrorists will forever view this as a win for them . . .
hey! that would be a fantastic idea to get the twin towers!!!
Rebuild The Twin Towers as they were, a little taller maybe, with much improved safety designs and exits, and a defense system, and bring back our skyline, our spirit, and show we won’t be brought down.
hey guys i am madelyn. this is what i have 2 say…… i think we should rebuild the world trade center/ twin towers just the way they were. we want them 2 stand where they were once stood… tall and stronger……in the world right now we americans and citizens would like our towers standing taller and stronger. it would bring us good and happiness for all of us… if we rebuild the twin towers we will show the terrorists that we are not afraid to fight….. ! we americans would like to have our TWIN TOWERS BACK! we want what we lost 10 years ago on september 11, 2001… thank you…!
I want to support the same position that my daughter has taken on this issue… She is well informed about the wtc… I vote to keep the original style.
I would just like to say that I am very upset the city and state of New York decided to build The Freedom Tower instead of rebuilding The Twin Towers. The Governor and Mayor lied to the American people when they said the people and families of 9/11 victims did not want the Twin Towers to be rebuilt. They lied and they are building on public property something that I do not want at all. I am a New Yorker since I was born in 1978 and I still live in this great city. I was so devastated by September 11th and I am even more devastated and upset the towers were not rebuilt.
ny is strong and will rebuild but the lives lost we will forever remember! the innocent people the men and women who fought for our rights will always be in our hearts and thoughts forever!!! too have soo much love for strangers will be a big part in rebuilding our NY never will we back down to the attackers we will overcome all of it!!!!! we are family
Don’t destroy what was the towers they should be the same as they were that’s what made them so special return the Twin Towers as they were!
WE DON’T REBUILD THEY WIN. BIGGER STRONGER MORE PROTECTED. COWARDICE IS NEVER RESPECTED.
The Freedom tower is absolutely nothing. The Twin Towers made downtown Manhattan into what it is. They made impact like no other tower. If New Yorkers can destroy baseball stadiums and rebuild new ones, the same should go for World Trade Center. Give an opportunity to those who never got a chance to feel the Twin Towers experience.
I was born and raised here in New York City and I am very upset at the decision of The Port Authority and LMDC along with Governor Pataki. It was totally wrong of them to not rebuild the original Twin Towers. I feel it can still be done though. If you notice on the new WTC site, the original footprints are still there. I know they will be memorial pools, but I feel in the future they can always been built on. These are the original foundations of the Twin Towers. If the decision is made to rebuild, can they rebuilt the original towers on these foundations even though they were pools?
The Freedom Tower will not heal the skyline! There is still a hole in my heart after 9/11! We want the Twin Towers rebuilt but stronger than ever! The people originally wanted to Twin Towers rebuilt! Everybody wants those icons back in the skyline the way they were but stronger! The Twin Towers 2 project will give respect and honor those that have died on September 11, 2001! That is the only memorial we can give to the victims and their families!
I was born and raised in Bensonhurst Brooklyn New York, as a child growing up in the early to mid 90s, my father worked in World Trade Tower 1. I would go to work with him and admire my city from 1400ft high. My father sadly passed away from cancer in 2005, I miss him dearly, it would make my dreams come true to relive my greatest memory’s with him, and join him once again in spirit on the new Twin Towers. I hope and pray that in the near future I can be on the observation deck with my father once again.
The Freedom Tower will never represent what the Twin Towers represented for 30 years of its existence! The Twin Towers were a symbol of who were as Americans! The Twin Towers were a symbol of peace and belief in humanity! We need our towers back! The Twin Towers is the only answer and it will bring healing to this country!
Rebuild the Twin Towers! It is the only solution for healing the psychological wounds of 9/11! We need the Twin Towers back! Please rebuild the Twin Towers!
The new Freedom Tower that is being proposed right now is a sign that we have been defeated! The Twin Towers is the only way to show people that we are strong and will not tolerate terrorism and violence in our nation! The Twin Towers made Lower Manhattan what it is today! The Freedom Tower does not match with the skyline at all! Plus it is smaller than the Twin Towers! The Twin Towers should be rebuilt but stronger than it was!
I participated in the circus that resulted in the current plans for Ground Zero, such as the Listening to the City events in which no one listened to anyone. The officials involved have never cared what the people wanted or what was best for this city. We must rebuild the Twin Towers or else our city will always have a glaring hole in its skyline, no matter what else might be put there.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers would be the only way to respect and keep in memory those we lost while still being able to move forward as a nation and people with strength and dignity.
What is currently being built/planned is too worked, aesthetically confusing, uninspired… weak. I’d rather see nothing then have a permanent eye sore on our beautiful skyline and create emotional longing in our hearts. Twin Towers was a deep rooted universally recognized symbol and positive beacon of New York and of America. Replacing it would be telling the world we have given up and retreated.
Rebuild the Twin Towers in honor of those who perished in the 9/11 attacks! The Twin Towers is the only right memorial for the victims and their families! 9/11 will never be forgotten but we must move forward with strength and dignity! Let us rebuild in honor of the past and hope for the future generation!
The Freedom Tower is a big insult to those who died on September 11, 2001. That is total disrespect to the victims and the families! By not rebuilding the Twin Towers, we are saying to ourselves and we are saying to the world that we are cowards! We are cowards because we are afraid of terrorism. We are letting them destroy our way of life by not rebuilding the Twin Towers!
The Twin Towers must return to New York City. Without the Twin Towers New York will never be the same again! 9/11 was the worst and deadliest terrorist attack of all time. We lost alot of innocent people and alot of office space. In order to restore what was lost on September 11, 2001, we must rebuild the original Twin Towers but stronger and better! That is the only memorial that we can give to the victims and their families! Rebuild the Twin Towers! Rest in peace to Minuro Yamasaki! Minor Yamasaki designed the Twin Towers!
We need to build the same two buildings and make them taller.
As a fellow New Yorker, it pains me to see just how corrupt this government is but we have to keep on going forward!! Rebuild the world trade center!! Investigate 911!!! There’s too many hidden clues that nobody realizes!
The Twin Towers were the most iconic structures ever built. The Twin Towers had an outdoor observation deck on the South Tower and the famous Windows On The World restaurant on the 107th floor of the North Tower. The Freedom Tower will not include any of the things that the Twin Towers had which is really disgraceful. The government and politicians are corrupt, greedy, and selfish. We want the original Twin Towers rebuilt but stronger and safer. REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!!
My feelings now, are as resolute since 9/11. RE/BUILD THE TWIN TOWERS….better, stronger, safer. I cannot imagine a more just, more New York, more American response to the epic devastation we will forever feel, than saying to the world:
“If you knock us down, we will get back up.”
There is a light and the end of this tunnel.
It shines for all to follow.
It is a beacon from within.
A reminder of where we have been.
A glimpse of where we are going.
A journey we are all a part.
Keep moving.
TF Bart
TTA Note: The verse above is part of a 9/11 Memorial design and the link is to the LMDC entry. A great deal of thought, heart, and time clearly went into it. Multiplying that effort by the thousands of entries and then looking at what the “experts” chose is proof-positive that the “Memorial Jury” was not a jury of our peers.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers will mean so much to the 9/11 families. They deserve the best memorial that we can give to them. The best memorial will be to rebuild the Twin Towers designed by Minuro Yamasaki. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
It’s a great thing that Osama Bin Laden is dead but why are we giving him and Al-Qaeda the satisfaction of their victory at the World Trade Center with the “Freedom Tower”? We should rebuild the twin towers to show the terrorists that we can prevail from tragedy and show the world that we are stronger than ever.
Two of the greatest buildings in the world, captured the spirit of New York and I’m forever filled with memories of them in my skyline. However unlikely, let’s bring them back.
The construction workers at ground zero don’t seem to care what the Twin Towers stood for. The memorial reflecting pools that is right beside the Freedom Tower will remind everyone that we as Americans are afraid because of what the terrorists did. We live in fear. We are not a leading country anymore. The Twin Towers should be built but stronger and better.
I get the feeling that the Freedom Tower is going to be capped and not completed. The Freedom Tower cannot continue to be built on lies because most Americans are waiting for new and safer versions of the original Twin Towers created by Minuro Yamasaki. I really hope they cap the Freedom Tower sooner.
I want the Twin Towers rebuilt just like everybody else. It makes me sick to my stomach when I look at ground zero today the way it is. The Twin Towers stood where our civilization began as Americans.
We can’t smile without the Twin Towers. New York can’t smile without the Twin Towers. We love you Twin Towers.